Online Course
IPM in Multifamily Housing Register for the June 2023 course here
Complete all four sessions and fill out the questionnaire (QUIZ + Evaluation) to earn your certificate of completion.
Live course offered Thursdays, June 8, - June 29, 2023
Recordings of sessions will be posted on this page! If you miss a session just come back to this page a few days after the live event to view the recording.
Schedule
All Sessions will be approximately 90 minutes depending on participation. We have scheduled 2 hours for each session to allow for questions and discussions.
June 15 Session 2: Cockroaches
June 22 Session 3: Rodents
June 29 Session 4: Bed Bugs
Check your time zone! All sessions will be held:
- 1:00pm - 3:00pm Eastern
- 12:00pm - 2:00pm Central
- 11:00am - 1:00pm Mountain
- 10:00am - 12:00pm Pacific
Course Description:
The IPM in Multifamily Housing Course was designed to help housing professionals provide safe and effective pest control in their communities. The course covers:
1. how to effectively manage pests within a housing community with the least risk of pesticide exposure;
2. the major health risks posed by common pests;
3. the biology and behavior of the major pests of housing (bed bugs, cockroaches and rodents);
4. and how to troubleshoot pest control failures.
Complete all four sessions and fill out the questionnaire to earn your certificate of completion.
Missed a session? we'll post recordings of the sessions on this page. Check back a few days after the live webinar.
These webinars are interactive, including polls, chats and Q&A. Although we have scheduled 2 hours for each session, they will likely be 90 minutes or shorter depending on attendance and participation levels.
If 5 or more staff members from the same HUD-assisted housing site (public housing authority/commission, section 8, 202, 811, or tribal housing department) complete the course we'll send you a box of printed resident resources, traps, monitors, and pest control related supplies.
Contact StopPests@cornell.edu if you have any questions.
Support for this training is provided by HUD's Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.
Handouts for the course
Workplan - this is a worksheet for you to think about who will do what and contract language to consider
IPM Log Example focus unit tracking sheet
NPIC graphic – Reading Pesticide labels
HUD Bed Bug Notice PIH 2012-17
Roles & Responsibilities- IPM team job descriptions
Helpful resident engagement materials:
Bed Bug Poster (English or Español)
Tri-fold flyer – Tenant’s role in IPM
Resident’s guide: Stop Cockroaches! Spanish: Detenga las Cucarachas!
Resident’s guide: Stop Mice! Spanish: Detenga los Ratones!
Resident’s guide: Stop Bed Bugs! Spanish: Detenga las Chinches!
NYS IPM Program’s Bed Bug Management - One Step at a Time illustrated guide,
--- Spanish - Manejo de las Chinches - Un Paso a la Vez
PDFs of the slides:
Session 1. Introduction to IPM and Pesticide Use
Session 2. Cockroaches
Session 3. Rodents
Session 4. Bed Bugs
Archived online courses:
Live course April-May 2022
Live course for HUD Region 3, May 11- June 1, 2022
Live course for Virgin Islands July 13- August 3, 2022
Live course October-November 2022
Questions? email stoppests@cornell.edu